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Letters .Patent No. 74,705, dated February 18, 1868.

IMPROVBD BLACKING-OASE AND GLOSET.

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TO AIJL WHOM IUI MAY CON CERN l:

Be it known that I, VJAMES MAOFERRAN, of the city and county of Philadelphia., and State of Pennsylvania., haveinvented a new and useful Combined Boot-Blacking Box and Water-Closet; and I`do hereby declarethat the following'tis a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference-marked thereon;

The nature of-ify invention consists, in the first place, of a. sectional folding lid, which is provided with a foot-rest on its under side, when the lid is closed, and when the lid is folded upon a. stationary section of the blacking-box, is in the proper position to support the foot while the boot is being blacked; and, in the second place, in thecombination with the box of a slide for containing the blacking, so arranged that it may be pushed back beneath thestationary part of the cover out of the way of the foot-rest, when the folding lid is turned down, and moved forward when it is thrown up, and the blacking is required for use; and, in the third place, in

combination with a blacking-box, of a portable water-closet, so combined and arranged with the latter that the exteriial appearance of the apparatus will not convey to the mind the use to which this additional part is put.

The construction and arrangcmentpf the several parte of theimproved box will beunderstood by the following-description. In the accompanying drawings, which make a partfof this specification- Figure l is an isemetrical view of the improved box, with the sectional lid C turned over on the'stationary part, B, of the cover. l

Figure 2 is a like view of the box, with the upper partthrown back toshow the construction and arrangement of the water-closet. 1

Like letters in both figures indicate the same parts.

A is the upper portion of the box, whichl is used for boot-blacking purposes. It has a stationary section, B, of the cover, and a hinged sectional lid, C, which, when turned down, completes the cover'of'the box. In g. 1, the said lid C is represented as folded over fiat upon the stationary part B. In this position of the lid, the rest, which is shown in two pieces, a and a', is a steady support for the foot while the boot is being blacked. Besides the facility afforded bythe sectional lid Cin the matter of a foot-rest, its folding over upon the stationary part, ]3, of the cover of the box, when thrown up, gives grc'at protection to its hinges, b b. D is a slide, with sinks, c c, for holding a box of blacking, and its reversed cover for holding vwater for softening the blackng. The slide rests, at its ends, on ways cl, and is drawn in front, as represented, when' the blacking is to be used. But when the sectional folding lid C is to be turned down to complete the cover of the box, the slide is pushed back under `the stationary part, B, out of the way of the foot-rest, and should remain there until the blacking is wanted for use, so that the latter may be kept clean while the dirt is being brushed oft' the boots. rIhe space E, below the'slide d, serves to hold the brush and other articles.

A' is a. portable water-closet, which is shown in detail in fig. 2. When the closet is to be used, the upper` partpA, which is combined therewith by means of tbc hinges e e, is thrown up and backward, as `seen in said gure. F is the seat, and Gr the pot, in the space I. J is the door of the closet. There may be a slide in the space I for elevating the pot G. l l

What I claim aslny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The sectional folding lid C, provided with a foot-rest, and combined with the stationary part, B, of the cover of the box, substantially in themanner above described, and for the purpose specified.

2. Theslide I), when combined with tbe stationary and folding parts,`l3 and C, of'the cover of the box, substantially as and Ifor the purpose sct forth. i i

3. The combination of the hinged part A, containing the boot-blacking apparatus, with the lowerl part A', composing the water-closet, furnished with the perforated division F and door l', substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. y i

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto setmy hand and affixed my seal, this twenty-eighth day of December, 1867. Y

JAMES MACFERRAN. [It 5.]

Witnesses STEPHEN UsTIcK, J oHN WHITE. 

